The Republique of Rantchess is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Usain Bolt with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 42.141 billion Rantchessians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rantchessia. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The very strong Rantchessian economy, worth a remarkable 3,874 trillion euros a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 91,950 euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Administrative districts are increasingly defined by their taste in housing architecture, the nation has an international reputation for compassion, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, and Hydre a deux tetes is one of the most popular forenames in Rantchess. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rantchess's national animal is the hydre a deux tetes, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rantchess is ranked 18,370^th in the world and 1,331^st in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 91.07 law-abiding acts per hour.